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Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 44187

Brings a loop or end of the small intestine out through the abdominal wall to form a stoma, so waste empties into a bag on the skin instead of traveling through the rest of the bowel. It is done with keyhole surgery through several small incisions using a camera and long instruments. It may be temporary, to rest bowel further along, or permanent.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma cost?

$2,218

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,218 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$955 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$646 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $457 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,622
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 15.9 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$2,218

$1,096 physician + $1,122 facility

ME $27,116MD $1,710

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.